{"id":42744,"date":"2018-03-27T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T14:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=42744"},"modified":"2018-03-27T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T13:54:48","slug":"job-staff-reporter-the-asahi-shimbun-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/27\/job-staff-reporter-the-asahi-shimbun-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Staff Reporter &#8211; The Asahi Shimbun (Washington, DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow.<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><b>Job Title:<\/b>\u00a0Staff Reporter (Defense)<b><br \/>\n<strong>Posted by: <\/strong><\/b>The Asahi Shimbun<b><br \/>\n<strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Washington, D.C., USA<br \/>\n<strong>Contract:<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>Full Time<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a position sent directly from the Asahi Shimbun:<\/p>\n<p>The Asahi Shimbun is Japan\u2019s leading national daily newspaper. Based in Tokyo, it has a circulation of nearly seven million. Its North American bureaus are located in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Qualifications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants must have a bachelor\u2019s degree (master\u2019s degree preferred). Background in foreign affairs and American politics\u00a0is highly desirable.\u00a0\u00a0Interest in East Asia preferred.\u00a0\u00a0Japanese language is preferred.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Description<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duties include assisting our Washington-based correspondents with articles by conducting thorough background research, attending press briefings at the Pentagon and other government agencies, gathering news and views, arranging interviews, and closely following developments in the area of foreign affairs and politics. Some administrative support, such as transcribing interviews and other assignments, is also required.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some domestic travel may be required. This is a reporting position with no article-writing or byline opportunities.\u00a0Competitive benefit package includes overtime pay, excellent medical\/dental benefits, commuting expenses, and 401(k).\u00a0\u00a0Position will be available immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Requirement<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cover letter, resume, 2 recommendation letters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Application Procedure<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please email the required documents to the email address below.<\/p>\n<p>No clips or phone calls, please.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHiring Manager<br \/>\nThe Asahi Shimbun<br \/>\nNational Press Building<br \/>\nWashington, D.C. 20045<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:AsahiDC@nationalpress.com\">AsahiDC@asahiam.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. Job Title:\u00a0Staff Reporter (Defense) Posted by: The Asahi Shimbun Location:\u00a0Washington, D.C., USA Contract:\u00a0Full Time Here&#8217;s a position sent directly from the Asahi Shimbun: The Asahi Shimbun is Japan\u2019s leading national daily newspaper. Based in Tokyo, it has a circulation of nearly seven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-b7q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42747,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42744\/revisions\/42747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}